The bill looks to add "coercive control" to the definition of abuse, which is behavior which isolates or exploits a victim and often limits a victim's access to money and freedom. Also read ...

Emotional abuse centers around control, manipulation, isolation, and demeaning or threatening behavior. Signs of abuse include: • Monitoring and controlling a person’s behavior, such as who ...

It concerns sexual abuse, physical abuse, emotional/psychological abuse, physical/emotional neglect and witnessing of partner violence (definition article 1 Child and Youth Act).